Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Том 5John Sanderson W. Brown and C. Peters, 1828 |
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... sent his district in the provincial legislature , and took his seat in the house of burgesses , before he had arrived at the age strictly required by law . To this station during his whole life , whenever his other political employments ...
... sent his district in the provincial legislature , and took his seat in the house of burgesses , before he had arrived at the age strictly required by law . To this station during his whole life , whenever his other political employments ...
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... sent directly from that country ; but there remained many lucrative and honourable appointments for favoured colonists . Among these , that of a member of the executive council , which answered to the English privy council , was the ...
... sent directly from that country ; but there remained many lucrative and honourable appointments for favoured colonists . Among these , that of a member of the executive council , which answered to the English privy council , was the ...
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... sent , with Messrs . Lynch and Allen , to New York , to arrange with general Lee a plan for its de- fence , and for the erection of important fortifications on the North and East river ; and , immediately after his return , he was named ...
... sent , with Messrs . Lynch and Allen , to New York , to arrange with general Lee a plan for its de- fence , and for the erection of important fortifications on the North and East river ; and , immediately after his return , he was named ...
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... passing up James river and the gen- tlemen residing on the shores , a reciprocity of good offices was kept up . The former sent presents to the latter of foreign rarities , and received in return the fresh produce HARRISON . 37.
... passing up James river and the gen- tlemen residing on the shores , a reciprocity of good offices was kept up . The former sent presents to the latter of foreign rarities , and received in return the fresh produce HARRISON . 37.
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... sent you a loaf of cheese . " " I am much obliged to the captain , but really , my good fellow , it looks more like a pancake of cheese than a loaf . " The sailor returned to the vessel , and shortly after came back with a cheese of a ...
... sent you a loaf of cheese . " " I am much obliged to the captain , but really , my good fellow , it looks more like a pancake of cheese than a loaf . " The sailor returned to the vessel , and shortly after came back with a cheese of a ...
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Страница 300 - they are entitled to life, liberty, and property; and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent. 2. That our ancestors who first settled these colonies, were at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties,
Страница 108 - it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it. Third. As a non-consumption agreement, strictly adhered to, will be an effectual security for the observation of the non-importation, we as above, solemnly agree and associate, that from this day, we
Страница 300 - asserting and vindicating their rights and liberties, declare, That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights:
Страница 107 - we do, for ourselves, and the inhabitants of the several colonies whom we represent, firmly agree and associate under the sacred ties of virtue, honour, and love of our country, as follows: First. That from and after the first day of December next, we will not import into British America, from Great
Страница 111 - to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her. Twelfth. That the committee of correspondence in the respective colonies do frequently inspect the entries of the custom
Страница 108 - in Great Britain, Ireland, or the West Indies, induces us to suspend a non-exportation, until the tenth day of September, 1775; at which time, if the said acts and parts of acts of the British parliament herein after mentioned, are not repealed, we will not, directly or indirectly, export any merchandise or commodity whatsoever to
Страница 108 - not purchase or use any tea imported on account of the East India company, or any on which a duty hath been or shall be paid ; and from and after the first day of March next, we will not purchase or use any East India tea whatever
Страница 110 - mourning dress than a black crape, or ribbon on the arm or hat for gentlemen, and a black ribbon and necklace for ladies, and we will discontinue the giving of gloves and scarfs at funerals. Ninth. Such as are venders of goods and
Страница 292 - In the course of our inquiry, we find many infringements and violations of the foregoing rights, which from an ardent desire that harmony and mutual intercourse of affection and interest may be restored, we pass over for the present, and proceed to state such acts and measures as have been adopted since the last war,